Prayers for the Carnill Family

We just wanted to ask that you pray for our good friends, Jerry & Dawn Carnill and their family. I have worked with them ever since I came to Ecuador and they are like family to us.

A year ago they moved to Atlanta, GA to spend a year in the states for various reasons. It was a difficult move for them but they felt it was what God wanted them to do at the time. In the meantime, they have a home here in Quito (not far from ours) that they have tried to rent out and they are now trying to find a buyer for the home as it's too difficult to keep this home and also one in GA.

Yesterday the house here in Quito was broken into. The single girl who has been living there and paying rent no longer feels safe in the house and will be moving out as soon as possible . . . here is what Jerry says in an email he just sent out:

PLEASE PRAY
Yesterday our house in Quito was broken into. The single woman who is living there no longer feels safe and would like to move out asap. We understand her feeling, especially since she was robbed near her office a month ago and now at home.

But this creates several challenges for us. We need to sell most of our furniture quickly. What we don’t sell, we need to store. But on our last visit we couldn't locate any available storage facilities.

We need to clean out the house. We need to find someone else to rent the house, or at least find someone who will live there in the mean time. But the challenge is that we are in a situation where we will need to pay for our house in Ecuador while we are paying for the house in Georgia.

We haven't been able to find anyone to rent the house at a good price. We would like to sell the Quito house but there are legal challenges with that too. So please pray for us regarding all of these challenges.

We need some miracles to happen. I may be flying to Quito on Sunday to meet with potential renters, to try to sell what we can, and to store the rest. I need to return on Thursday because Zac is having his tonsils out on Friday – pray for a speedy recovery for him and all to go well with the surgery.

It’s hard to not get discouraged. It seems like life is not real easy right now. But we know God has a plan. We’re just not in the fun part yet. Thanks for praying. Jerry

It's hard when loved ones are going through difficult times. Please pray for them with us. Here is a photo of Jerry & Dawn.